Entries from November 2012

Visiting Heritage put an end to Apalachee High School’s playoff hopes Friday night with a 35-0 win at R. Harold Harrison Stadium. Even with a win this week, the Wildcats would not be able to move into the top four of the Region 8-AAAAA standings. The Patriots took a 21-0 halftime lead and capitalized on some big plays to wrap up a playoff ...
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Local patrons of the arts — and others interested in local painters and potters and their work — will have a chance to meet some of those artists Saturday afternoon in Commerce. The seventh annual Meet the Artists event will take place from 3 to 6 p.m. in three downtown locations — Our Town Antiques and Sanders Furniture Co. on South Elm ...
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A Hull man was arrested recently after officers were summoned to Hwy. 29 South regarding a domestic dispute between father and son that allegedly involved a gun. James Steven Rice, 56, 5934 Hwy. 29 South, was charged with two counts of aggravated assault. According to the incident report, officer Brandon Hanley went to the scene where he found ...
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Madison County is one of about 50 counties in Georgia not to have an election board. That may soon change. The board of commissioners again discussed the potential creation of an election board Oct. 29 and the group will talk about the matter when they meet again Nov. 5, the day prior to the Nov. 6 general election. Though no action was taken ...
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DANIELSVILLE - Shirley Mae Vanderburg Phillips, 77, passed away Thursday, November 1, 2012, at the Ty Cobb Health Care Center in Comer. She was born in Rowan County, N.C. on June 3, 1935, the daughter of the late Robert and Myrtle Spry Vanderburg. She was a technician having worked with Reliance and a member of the New Hope Worship Center. Mrs. ...
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WINDER - John F. Schroeder, 82, died Wednesday, October 31, 2012. A native of Cincinnati, Ohio, he was the son of the late Clifford and Agnes Malley Schroeder. He was a retired advertising sales representative with 20 years of service with W. R. Grace Company. He was a United States Army Veteran and was a member of Hope Baptist Church. ...
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ELBERTON – Martha Clark Fowler, 83, died Wednesday, October 31, 2012, at Elbert Memorial Hospital. Born in Elbert County on February 2, 1929, she was the daughter of the late Cleveland and Callie Craft Clark. She was a retired representative with Southern Bell and a member of the Elberton First Baptist Church. Mrs. Fowler was preceded in ...
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SUWANEE - Eloise Howington, 79, died Thursday, November 1, 2012, at UniHealth Pac-Brookhaven. She was born in Banks County, the daughter of the late Tom and Ruby Meelar Ragsdale. She was a homemaker. Mrs. Howington was preceded in death by her husband, Leroy Allen Howington. Survivors include a daughter, Pam Millikan, Suwanee; and two ...
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With the program’s losing streak now over, the Winder-Barrow High School football team will look to make it two victories in a row Friday night. Standing in the Bulldoggs’ way, however, will be a tough Clarke Central team who, despite having lost three straight, remains a formidable foe with postseason aspirations. “We have a great deal ...
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